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Allegan opens FY26 budget hearing; proposes modest utility increases and seeks grants for neighborhood work
Summary
City staff presented the FY26 budget with total expenditures of $20,911,852, a proposed 1.5% sewer rate increase and 8% water increase (about $3.50/month per resident), and announced grant applications for Rossman Park ($2.5M) and MDOT TEDF funding for Walnut Street; the public hearing drew no public comments.
City Manager Dai presented an overview of the proposed FY26 City of Allegan budget at the May 12 council meeting and opened a public hearing; no members of the public offered comments and the hearing was closed.
Dai reminded the council how property-tax dollars are distributed among taxing jurisdictions and reviewed the proposed fiscal measures: a sewer-rate increase of 1.5% and a water-rate…
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